-itus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Indo-European *-tós, suffix forming possessive adjectives from nouns (compare -ātus), combined with preceding material of uncertain origin (different words may have different sources of -ī-). According to one hypothesis, some words ending in -ītus are "decasuative" formations derived from former inflected noun forms that ended in -ī, such as the instrumental singular form of i-stem nouns or the genitive singular of o-stem nouns. For example, in crīnītus (“long-haired”), the ending -ītus may be from instrumental *-ih₁ + *-to-. But this type of derivation is disputed. Other words may have been formed by analogy. It is often difficult to distinguish the adjectival ending from the fourth-conjugation participial ending, and in some cases fourth-conjugation verbs may have been derived from original adjectives by back-formation; for example, the occurrence of the finite verb form crīnītur in Statius is presumably based on reinterpretation of crīnītus as a participle. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.tus] ==== Suffix ==== -ītus (feminine -īta, neuter -ītum); first/second-declension suffix Used to form adjectives ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.tus] ==== Suffix ==== -ītus (feminine -īta, neuter -ītum); first/second-declension suffix perfect passive participle of -iō (fourth conjugation) ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪ.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.tus] ==== Suffix ==== -itus (feminine -ita, neuter -itum); first/second-declension suffix alternative form of -tus (perfect passive participle ending) ‎bibō + ‎-itus → ‎bibitus ‎habeō + ‎-itus → ‎habitus ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪ.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.tus] ==== Suffix ==== -itus (not comparable) alternative form of -tus (suffix forming adverbs) ‎cord- + ‎-itus → ‎corditus ‎rādīc- + ‎-itus → ‎rādīcitus === References ===